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"Dragør"(Gravel Beach where Boats are Dragged) rose around a landing for herrings during the Medieval Times and from this time on had jurisdiction seperat from the parish village of "St. Magleby"(litterally Great Large Settlement), even if the bailiffs for many years were recruited among the owners of the two neighbouring farms(under St. Magleby jurisdiction) Dragørgård and Kongevejsgården, which together own all the land surrounding Dragør. Their owners descended like the villagers from Dutch immigrants invited by Christian ii around 1520. St. Magleby was for centuries the only village in the country with its own coat of arms announcing its special importance, and when the communities were united in 1970 Dragør continued its use 1970.
Further information can be found in Svend Jans: "Bidrag til Dragørs Historie", Dragør Lokalhistoriske Arkiv 1992 and Birte Hjorth: "Byvandring i Dragør", Dragør Lokalarkiv 1998
Povl Abrahamsen/Gunvor Petersen: "Historiske Huse i Dragør", Nationalmuseet